Fabric-printing machine.



LT. MAUADAM.

FABRIC PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

' Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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J. MAGADAM. FABRIG PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLIQATION FILED MAYZS, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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J. MAGADAM. FABRIG PRINTING MAGHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 119101 YPatented Feb.14,1911

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ma hm J. MAGADAM.

meme PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, 1910.

Patented Feb. 14, 1911.

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ak kozvml o UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

"-il I 'IQHN MACADAM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNDR TO EDDYSTONE MANUFACTURINGEDDY STONE,-PENNSYLVANIA, A,CO R IPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA;

ing 'is a specification.

The present invei-ition relatelsto improve Jnents; 1,11 fabricprintingniacin-nee and has for its object to provide aniachine. adaptedto print upon a fabric a plurality of designs for pat-terne,,for examplea. body -pattern am-1 a traneveree border ot "ditterentdo Sign, suchdesigns being duplicated-1n XGltltD-P arrangement and detailon bothsurfaces of the fabric whereby the product ill-closely resemble a Woventextile having a plurallty )atterns incorporated therein 1n alternat-'ing relation, I

Fabric; printing.machines" as heretofore .const ruete(;l-have. not beenadapted; for pr'0--- (lacing goods such as is employed, for example.lfor curtains or,clraperiee Where 'both' eurface's s'honld present asimilar appearance and hichcommonly include one or more transverseborder Se'c'tione: and to provide a machine which will print fabric thatwill be adapted for such use is the, particular object of thepresentinrention. i i

' In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 'is a side elevation ofajfa-bric printing machineconstructed? in accordance n'it'l-if thepresent invention :Fig; 2 isa View partly in section, omen-enlargedscale of a portion of hmachiMrFigJS is a plan View partly in ctionillustr ting.iparticutarly the arrange-- nint ot rains foretl'ecting'inorc nent of the iiri'ntingrolla: Fig. 4 flfll'flgtl tllll-Il'lfltl?View illustrating the course or path' o.f the: fabric cflinder I;mounted on ashaft-:2 haying its' hearings in a a1iit'able}trainc whichframe.

also supporte the va'riodd'piintitig rolls. color applying-devices.auxiliary nre eure rolls. and meanra toractuating and adjusting theprinting rollsm'hi'ch will bcher'cinatter inore particularly described.

The. inachine illustrated includes tvgo sets of printing rolls 4. 5, 6.7, 8 and 4/. 5. 6. 7 and 8..the. former or tiret of qaid, sets co--operating with a eeries ofpreseure rolla or cylinders 9, While thecylinder 1 acts as an FABRIC-PRiNTING MACHINE.-

at 32 and conneetcdab' As hereinheto ega j Specification of LettersPatent. .Iftitentgfl' Feb, 14 1, Application filed may as, 1910. SerialNo. 554,023. v.

impression roll for allofthe second set'. Each of; said printing rollsis mounted in -l ea-rings adapted .to moveradially ot the cylinder 1..being shown as fitteclgiii' grooves 10, formed in outwardly projectingparts of the franiefi. Adjacent. each printin 011:- is arranged 'a colorap'paratus' of ordrnaxfi" construction ooiiipr'ising-m-color b'ox 'l2,-'-:=a' distributing roll 13, mounted inisaid box and projecting therefromintoc'ontact With theadjacent printing roll. and a doctor blade-.14 forremoving superfluous color from the printing roll.

"AS shown the hearings-for the printing rolls (3. 7. Se t, 5 and'G areconnected by screii's 15 with bell cranklevers 16. tul- Cllllllfitil at1T tothe main frame, and each havingone arni'- connected to one arm of alever 18." the otherarm ofixihich iS-provided with a roll 19 extendinginto the path of one of a series of cain's cariieclhy'slia'fts 20 21 E29and 23itwTlie hcrews 1.5: connected with the printing: rollst arerconiected at with levers 31 tulcrinned on the main frame linkefiti withlevers which at their opiiositeends'bear rollers extending into thepaths of cams on the ehatte 21. and the rolls 4 and 8' are connectedwith leversifi carrfvino rolls that bear nl'ion cams on eaid shafts 2'1v The coiled springs 24. inteiqao rd between. the rtrame :ii'lPIDlJOlS11 and the set-era]. levers 16.31 connected with the iirintingirolle actto draw-each. printing roll away' from itsimr preesionfroll orsurt'ace.and the a-ctiomot-tlie aforesaid ca'msan'd levers is to overcome-theeffect of said springrs a uehzxtiines a's itliS' desired to have-the mulannrinting;roll

operate. In the particular'enibodian ..the i nv'ention" illn tra tedthe: levers i in ovin th e roll$ and R" "are normally; held in suchqiosition ithat said rolls dono on t'actwith their. impression;eurfacesh common enring'or cushion arrangedqjrit, a casing 36. I

., ntlicated the iirolla 'eon- Ft'liul'lllg'l Qflfll ot' the two germsof pr nting .rolle' llTlFli be divided into groups and the rolle. ofeach group hear a different pattern or designitrom that borne by therolls ofrthe other grouoe .QIOUDS of the series. In the machine illueatcd three of the rollsof each FPJlPF arc girovided with a Similarpattern, for example that which is to form the body or design of acurtain, Whilethe'other rolls of the series carry a different design andare adapted to print the transverse zone or border sections of thefabric; for instance the groups of. rolls 6, 7 and 8 and 6, 7 and 8 maybear the pattern hereinbefore referred to as a body pattern. and therolls bears, or-is-to bear, the impression of a roll having differentdesign'is passing the first said roll and its impression or pressuredevice; and the relative arrangement of rolls and adjusting parts issuch that the two designs will beduplicatecl, both as regardsarraimement ororder and detail, upon both sur aces of the shcetof fabricin passing through the machine. That. is the finished product will havethe two designs or patterns printed upon alternate transverse portionsof both surfacesand each of said sections will register exactly with thecorrespondingsection on the other face. v

' The fabric sheet 25, as shown most clearly in Fig'. 4, together withabacking or gray sheet 26, enters the machine at the bottom and passessuccessively between the co operating impression rolls and the printingrolls 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8; thence between feed rolls 27, 28, around thelatter, between the cylinder 1 and impression rolls Q'and between saidcylinder and the printing rolls 8, 7, 6',

5 and at. The sheets :25, 26 travel together until they pass between thecylinder 1 and a guide roll arranged between the printing roll 8' andthe impression roll 9 of printing roll 4; The said sheets thenseparateand the sheet 26 is carried about suitableguides outside of themachine to the to thereof and thence passes around the cylinder 1 and.be-

tween such cylinder and the printed fabric,

as indicated 1n Fig. 4. Y

It will be understood that the number of I proups of rolls in each setmay be varied so r om what isherein shown and described withoutdeparting from the scope of the invention. Also the number of rolls inthe groups of each series need not vary in nume r as in the particularembodiment of the machine illustrated, which is adapted to print twopatterns or designs occupying different linear lengthsiof the fabric.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine for printing a continuous web of fabric, thecombination-with suitable rotatable pressure cylinders, of two sets ofcolor printing rolls arranged to .rint, rcspecitively, upon oppositesides of 13 1e. fabric,

the rolls of each set being divided into i groups, means for-throwingthe rolls of each group into and'out of printing position at statedmtervals, each group of rolls being arranged to-prmt upon alternatetransverse portions of the fabric, and all of said rolls" opposite sidesof the fabric being in register.-

2. In a machine for printing a continuous web of fabric, the combinationwith a single rotatable mam pressure cyhndcr and a series ofpressure-rolls, of two sets of color printing rolls arranged to print,respecstively, upon opposite sid'esof the" fabric,

each set including two groups of rolls adapted to print differentpatterns, and every roll of each set being duplicatedin the other set,means for plying color to each )rinting roll, means tor feeding a web ofabrie to and around said main pressure cylinder and in operativerelation to all of said printing rolls, means for rendering eachprinting roll alternately operative and inoperative to print 011 saidfabric, all of said printing rolls being arranged andtiined to operatein conjunction with said main cylinder and pressure rolls,wherebydiflerent patterns may be printed upon alternate transverseportions of one surface of the fabric passing over said cylinder andexactly duplicated upont-he other surface, like portions of each patternupon opposite sides of the fabric

